Antic Hay

An Oxford professor reacting against the turgid pedagoy of his times is possessed of the vital instinct for celebration. Huxley takes this character through a succession of startling adventures that are the last word in freedom and self expression.

“Futilitarian” best describes the type of desultory, pleasure-seeking intellectual Huxley pinned so mercilessly to the literary map in Antic Hay. Wickedly funny and deliciously barbed, the novel epitomizes the glittering neuroticism of post-First World War London.

New Statesman

This new intensity of emotion gives a new savour to the wit which is, after all, what we read Mr. Huxley for.

Aldous Huxley is one of the most significant British writers of the twentieth century. He wrote a dozen novels, including Point Counter Point, Those Barren Leaves, and Brave New World, and twice as many volumes of poetry and nonfiction.